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South Central board approves one-time transfer, handbook changes, contracts and staff stipends
Summary
At its July meeting the South Central Community School Corporation board approved a one-time transfer from debt service to operations, accepted annual food-service contracts, updated handbooks (including a move of some stipends onto payroll) and authorized several one-time staff stipends and a library consulting contract.
The South Central Community School Corporation board voted on a series of routine and one-time measures at its July meeting, approving a one-time transfer to shore up operations revenue, accepting vendor bids, updating handbooks and authorizing several staff stipends and a consultant contract.
Board President Allen opened the meeting and the board completed the second reading and adoption of Neola Volume 38, No. 2 policy updates after a presentation that included the district’s Neola representative. The board then approved a resolution to transfer funds from the debt service fund into operations to replace revenue lost to homestead-credit changes; finance staff said the maximum allowed transfer is $63,998.54 and the district requested the full amount. “That $63,998.54 basically takes the place of that,” a staff presenter said during the discussion.
Why it matters: administrators said the transfer is permitted only for 2026 after communication with the Department of Local Government Finance and will temporarily soften a one-time revenue shortfall in the operations budget.
Votes at a glance - Neola policy updates (Volume 38, No. 2): motion carried, recorded as 5–0 in the minutes. - Resolution to transfer up to $63,998.54 from debt service to operations: motion carried (vote count not specified on the record). - Authorization to submit Form 9 (June 30 six-month financial report): approved by motion. - Memorandum of understanding with MSD of New Durham Township (Westville) to continue shared staff/services (transportation, food-service director, German teacher): approved by motion. - Food-service contracts and recommended vendors (annual renewals for point-of-sale, distributor, produce, snack/beverage, warehouse/sanitation, bakery): approved by motion. - Transportation handbook updates and change to bus-driver cell-phone stipend handling (move to payroll): approved (motion carried 5–0). - Junior/senior high handbook updates (attendance, truancy, wireless communication-device policy in line with new state rules, and addition of girls flag football): approved by motion. - One-time $1,000 stipend to nurse Kelly Saenzon for initiating Medicaid nursing-service billing: approved by motion. - Contract for library-media consulting with retired specialist Mrs. Camrath for the 2026–27 year at $4,000: approved by motion.
Policy and payroll changes: The board approved a change requested during the State Board of Accounts audit to process some cell-phone stipends through payroll (taxed) rather than as separate reimbursements; administrators proposed increasing the semiannual reimbursement to $400 to offset taxes. “Technically [the stipend will be] part of the salary, in the paycheck now, and it just will be less headaches overall,” the superintendent said when explaining the auditor’s direction.
The board approved routine consent business including payroll claims and accepted multiple donations, including $2,500 toward math training from a Center-of-Excellence program at UIndy and two gifts for the superintendent’s scholarship totaling $2,500.
The meeting concluded after a principal’s report on orientation and open-house dates and a brief personnel update about the band director’s pending resignation and a search process for his replacement.
The board adjourned after unanimous voice votes on the listed consent and action items.
